stinkwood

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noun

Any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.

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Meanings

nounstinkwood (countable and uncountable, plural stinkwoods)

plural stinkwoods

  1. countableuncountableAny of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.
  2. countableuncountableThe wood of such a tree.

Origin

From stink + wood.

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Translations

Afrikaans stinkhout
  • stinkhouttree
Bulgarian африкански орех
  • африкански орех (afrikanski oreh)tree
Dutch stinkhout
  • stinkhouttree
Indonesian kitamiang
  • kitamiangtree
Māori hūpiro, hūpirau-ririki
  • hūpirotree
  • hūpirau-ririkitree
  • naupirotree
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APA

stinkwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkwood

MLA

“stinkwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stinkwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinkwood.

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